Acronym and details: PC
Group: thermoplastic
Developed: from 1958
Trade names: Makrolon
Manufacturing process: blow moulding; extrusion; injection moulding
Cost: medium
Colour:
Transparency: transparent to opaque
Rigidity: rigid
Feel: hard
Smell: none
Other: can be outstandingly strong
Typical uses: safety and space helmets; compact discs and DVDs; as copolymer as mobile phone housings; car components; large bottles; glass substitute
Degradation: stable but can crack